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Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada

The Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) is Canada's largest independent administrative tribunal, responsible for making well-reasoned decisions on immigration and refugee matters efficiently, fairly and in accordance with the law. It consists of three divisions: the Refugee Protection Division; the Immigration Division; and the Immigration Appeal Division. The Refugee Protection Division decides claims for refugee protection made by people already in Canada. Website: www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/
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Decision TB6-11632 (Jurisprudential Guide, in private) Heard at Refugee Appeals Division, Toronto, Ontario

Jurisprudential Guide: Analysis of whether a person wanted by the authorities can exit China via an airport using a genuine passport.

30 November 2016 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Falun Gong - Flight by land, air or sea | Countries: Canada - China

X v. Canada

26 February 2014 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment | Countries: Canada - India

X v. Canada

21 January 2014 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment | Countries: Canada - Fiji

X v. Canada

9 January 2014 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity | Countries: Canada

Canada (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) v. Ronald Antonio Castellon Viera

24 November 2011 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Canada - El Salvador

Décision VA6-03547

27 March 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Credibility assessment - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Social group persecution - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Canada - China

Decision VA6-03547

27 March 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Credibility assessment - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Social group persecution - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Canada - China

Assessment of Credibility in Claims for Refugee Protection

31 January 2004 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

Évaluation de la crédibilité lors de l'examen des demandes d'asile

31 January 2004 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

Lai Cheong Sing, Tsang Ming Na, Lai Chun Chun, Lai Ming Ming, Lai Chun Wai

See also: Lai Cheong Sing and Others v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, [2004] FC 179 (3 February 2004), and: Lai Cheong Sing and Others v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, [2005] FCA 125 (11 April 2005). Application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed on 9 May 2005.

6 May 2002 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Criminal justice - Death penalty - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Grounds for persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Prosecution vs persecution - Right to justice - Serious non-political crime - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - China

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